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   rattan

   /rəˈtan/

   noun

   • 1. the thin jointed stems of a palm, used to make furniture: "a rattan armchair"
   • ▪ a length of rattan used as a walking stick.
   • 2. the tropical Old World climbing palm which yields rattan, with long, spiny, jointed stems.

   Word Origin early 17th century (as ratan): from Malay rotan, probably from raut ‘pare, trim’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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